A judge in New York barred the state from imposing its tobacco tax on sales to the Seneca Nation, a day after a federal appeals court said the plan was legal. The judge's order will stay in place until June...

The Coquille Tribe of Oregon said it acquired a controlling stake in Perpetua Power Source Technologies, a firm that produces renewable energy components. The deal enables Perpetua to build an assembly plant on land owned by the tribe.Construction will begin...

Jim Billie has been elected chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Billie, 67, defeated incumbent Mitchell Cypress for the post. He won with 58.4 percent of the vote, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. Billie was impeached as chairman in...

"American Indian communities are often offered up as the gold standard of dysfunction in America. With our high rates of entrenched poverty, we top the lists of addiction, suicide and other social ills. It’s platitude that, frankly, gets tiring to...

"A California regulator will allow energy company PacifiCorp to charge ratepayers extra to remove four of its dams in the Klamath River basin. The California utility commission said it could take 30 years to get the dams to comply with...

An 11-year-old boy from an Alaska Native village was killed during a hunting accident on Sunday. The boy from St. Mary's was looking for a rabbit for his mother on Mother's Day. He was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old girl...

"By passing a law forcing UND to keep the nickname, the Legislature and governor took responsibility for the issue. That means they now have a duty to minimize or eliminate any harm to UND. And that, in turn, means they...

Chief Allan has been reappointed to another term as chairman of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho. Allan has served as chairman since 2005. “I love the Coeur d’Alene people and I am proud to continue serving them,” Allan told...

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York is helping its elderly members fight diabetes Nurse Janine Rourke estimates that 20 percent of the reservation suffers from diabetes. Most of her patients are over the age of 45 and a...

The Onondaga Nation of New York plans to stop selling name-brand tobacco in the wake of a decision from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. The tribe says it won't be profitable to sell name-brand tobacco now that the state...

The Nez Perce National Historic Trail is inviting the public to help update its management plan. The trail follows the 1,170 mile route that Nez Perce Chief Joseph took when he fled the U.S. government in 1877. The trail crosses...

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) says the state needs to finish work on the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City Fallin will ask lawmakers to approve a bill to authorize the sale of $39 million in bonds...

Francis Mitchell, a member of the Navajo Nation, doesn't want to market his services as a medicine man on the Internet. Mitchell relies on word-of-mouth to land clients. Going online would defy tradition, he said. "It's not supposed to be...

A former New Mexico state police officer will go to trial in connection with the death of William Tenorio of San Felipe Pueblo. Alfred Lovato was the passenger in a car that struck and killed Tenorio, 46, on November 26,...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been ordered to repay upwards of $115,000 in Indian housing funds, The Fayetteville Observer reports. The Department of Housing and Urban Development said the tribe misused a federal grant on the salary of...

Rival leaders on the Schaghticoke Reservation in Connecticut are still trying to evict a non-Indian man from their land. Michael Rost has lived in a home owned by a tribal member for several years. A state judge ordered him to...

Current and former employees of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona say they are being denied medical benefits. Employees of the fire department and the police department say the tribe is taking money out of their paychecks for health...

James Ramos, the chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, announced his campaign for supervisor in San Bernardino County, California. Ramos is running for the county's 3rd district seat. He wants to replace Neil Derry on the board...

The Lummi Nation and Whatcom County in Washington are reportedly near an agreement for the Lummi Island ferry. Negotiators developed a proposal yesterday, county executive Pete Kremen told The Bellingham Herald. If the tribal council signs off, the dispute over...

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is offering a free day of fishing at Pyramid Lake. Visitors won't have to purchase a tribal permit for the "Get Hooked for Free" promotion this Saturday. All tribal regulations will remain in...

"Imagine the insensitivity of United States government and military officials in naming the operation to kill or capture Osama bin Laden "Geronimo." According to Jeff Houser, the Fort Sill Apache tribal chairman, Geronimo is a heroic Native American icon. Now...

The Environmental Protection Agency has barred the shipment of waste to a soil-recycling plant on the Cabazon Reservation in southern California. The EPA said Western Environmental Inc.., a non-Indian company that leases land from the tribe, can't accept soils or...